Furniture foot construction



Sept. 15, 1942.` J. H. PAGE FURNITURE FOOT CONSTRUCTION Filed May 8, 1941 Patented Sept. 15, 1942 UTED STATES .TENT OFFICE Shaw-Walker Compan corporation of Michigan y, Muskegon, Mich., a

Application Mlay 8, 1941, Serial No. 392,454

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in furniture foot, specifically desk foot, construction and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The object of the invention is to provide an ornamental desk foot adapted to be applied to the leg of a piece of furniture, such as table, desk or the like, and an associated glide, which is capable of vertical adjustment to compensate for inequalities of level in the oor on which the piece of furniture stands.

Another object of said invention is to provide an ornamental foot of the kind in which the means for vertically adjusting the glide is made use of for holding the ornamental foot securely upon the leg of the piece of furniture to which it is applied.

The advantages of the invention will appear more fully as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is part of a pedestal of a desk including legs which are provided With the improved ornamental foot and glide.

Figure 2 is a perspective View on an enlarged scale of an assembly of the glide with its stem upon which is mounted a foot holder.

Figure 3 is a vertical median section of the bottom of the desk leg including the adjustable glide in assembled relation as they appear when the glide with the foot are being applied to the bottom of the desk leg.

Figure 4 is a View showing the same parts as they appear when the foot and glide are securely locked to the bottom of the desk leg, with the glide in a certain adjusted relation to the bottom of the foot.

Figure 5 is a transverse cross-sectional view in a plane indicated by the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Referring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing: IG indicates a piece of furniture, as a desk or table of any familiar construction, with vertical corner legs I I, I I. Each of said legs may be and are preferably of like construction. As shown, the legs as Well as the desk are fabricated of metal in any usual manner. The legs II are tubular and of approximately rectangular cross section.

I2 indicates a vertically disposed. threaded socket member which is fixed within the tubular leg II, with its axis coinciding with the central vertical axis of the desk leg and with its bottom end IZiL depending below the bottom end of said leg (see Figures 3 and 4). The socket member I2 as shown is a fabricated hollow structure comprising like reversely disposed, elongated U-shaped members I3, I3, with the bottom and one leg of each U secured to adjoining side walls of the tubular leg II, and with the other legs secured together and formed to provide a threaded, vertically extending, tubular socket I4 (see Figures 4 and 5).

I5 indicates the vertically adjustable glide. Said glide, as shown, is in the form of a disc with its periphery rounded transversely, as indicated at Ia. I6 indicates an elongated threaded stem xed to and rising from the glide I E-the thread being formed to engage the thread in the socket I4.

Il indicates an ornamental foot member to be applied to the bottom of the leg II. Said foot member is of the same cross section at its upper end as that of the bottom end of the leg I I. It is adapted to be engaged upon the bottom end of the socket member I2 and then brought by an upward sliding movement into abutting relation withl the bottom end of the leg II (see Figure 3).

The bottom end I2a of the socket member is preferably tapered to facilitate the engagement of the ornamental foot upon the socket member.

The ornamental foot piece I I is treated in any suitable manner to give the desired artistic effeet. As shown, this is produced by aring the walls of said foot piece outwardly on all sides as shown at IIa, with a vertical finishing ange I'lb at the bottom.

I9 indicates a foot holder. This consists of a square, apertured plate 20 of lesser horizontal dimensions than the cross-sectional area of the tubular leg I I, and of downwardly inclined, yielding wings 2l, 2l at the four sides of said plate. Said wings are free from each other at their proximate ends and are of such length as to be engaged against the bottom flared part II'41 of the foot piece. The plate 20 is provided with en upright nipple 2a, and the stem I6 of the glide I5 is threaded through the plate and nipple as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

After the foot piece I'I has been applied to the bottom end of the socket member I2 and has been moved thereon upwardly with its top end in abutting relation with the bottom end of the tubular leg, as shown in Figure 3 and as heretofore described, the assembly of glide, stem and foot holder is applied to the open bottom end of the foot piece with the wings 2| severally engaged with the bottom side of the flared part Ila of the foot piece, and with the stem I6 short of engagement with the threaded socket I4 of the socket member. Pressure is applied to the base of the glide, causing the wings 2| to yield downwardly to permit the stem I6 to approach more nearly the bottom end of the threaded socket I4. Then while still maintaining said pressure the glide I5 is rotated to bring the threaded stem to engage the threaded socket I4. This locks the foot holder to the bottom of the foot piece, with the Wings ZI exerting upward pressure against said foot piece and holding it firmly in abutting relation with the bottom end of the leg.

The glide may then be rotated to bring the stem I6 further up into the threaded socket I4, as shown in Figure 4, with the nipple 2i!a in abutting relation with the bottom end of the threaded socket I4. This presents the upper limit of adjustment of the glide I5 with reference to the leg II. Adjustment to points below that limit may be made by rotating the glide I5 in the reverse direction without changing the locked relation of the foot holder and threaded socket, which lock will be broken only by the complete withdrawal of the stem from the socket.

The advantages of the invention will be obvious from the foregoing description. The ornamental foot may be made toV conform to any particular design of leg, and though not an integral or fixed part of the leg itself, is rigidly held and retained in longitudinal prolongation thereof by the foot holder associated with the threaded stem of the glide. And this is brought about by the yielding wings of said foot holder by means of which they may be brought into pressure relation against the ornamental leg to retain it in place before the stem of the glide is properly engaged with the threaded socket, after which said stem coacts with said socket by the rotation of said glide for adjustment purposes only.

While in describing the invention I have referred to several details of construction and disposal of parts, it will be understood that the invention is in no way limited thereto, except as may be pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim as'my invention:

1. A furniture foot comprising, in combination with a furniture leg, a threaded socket memloer fixed to said leg, a foot piece slidable with reference to said socket member into finishing relation to the bottom of said leg, a yielding foot holder adapted to be engaged against said foot piece for holding it in said finishing relation to said leg, a glide, and a stem fixed to said glide, said stem being threaded through said foot holder and being adapted for engagement within said threaded socket.

2. A furniture foot comprising, in Combination with a furniture leg, a threaded socket member fixed to and depending below said leg, a foot piece slidable upon said socket member into 1inishing relation to the bottom end of said leg, a foot holder having parts adapted to be yieldngly engaged against said foot piece to hold it in said finishing relation to said leg, a glide, and a stem xed to said glide, said stem being threaded through said foot holder and being adapted for engagement within said threaded socket.

3. A furniture foot comprising, in combination with a furniture leg, a threaded socket member fixed to and depending below said leg, a tubular foot piece engaged upon said socket member in finishing relation to the bottom end of said leg, a foot holder having wings adapted to be yieldingly engaged against said foot piece for holding it in said abutting relation to said leg, a glide, and a stem for said glide threaded through said foot holder and adapted for engagement within -Y said threaded socket.

rthreaded socket, said foot holder being constructed to yield toward said socket to bring said foot holder into locked relation with said socket when said stem is engaged therein, and said stem being of a length to provide for vertical adjustment of said glide with reference to said foot piece.

JOHN H. PAGE. 

